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The biggest challenge the Dolphins defense faces against the New York Jets on Sunday? Well, the Dolphins certainly don't think it's rookie quarterback Geno Smith throwing the ball.
"We can’t allow them to run the football against us," defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle said. "That is going to be our big challenge."
It's Miami's biggest challenge on Sunday because, frankly, run defense has been the biggest challenge for Coyle's unit all season long. The Dolphins are the NFL's 25th-ranked run defense. They've been hovering in that neighborhood all year but the 203 yards rushing allowed against Buffalo last week was a stunner.
"That’s unacceptable, as far as we’re concerned," Coyle said.
The problem is the Dolphins have had to accept the fact they've struggled in their rush defense all year long.
They gave up 154 yards to San Diego.
They gave up 152 yards in the first meeting against New England.
The Dolphins have given up 133 rushing yards or more in nine games this season. Opponents have averaged 4.5 yards or more per rush in six games and at least 4.0 yards per rush in 10 games. Bottom line, when teams stick with the run, the Dolphins often give up lots of yards.
So why is that? Why has a team that was No. 3 in the NFL against the run in 2011 (in Tony Sparano's final season) gotten so much worse so quickly?
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...i-dolphins-run-d-struggles.html#storylink=cpy
The biggest challenge the Dolphins defense faces against the New York Jets on Sunday? Well, the Dolphins certainly don't think it's rookie quarterback Geno Smith throwing the ball.
"We can’t allow them to run the football against us," defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle said. "That is going to be our big challenge."
It's Miami's biggest challenge on Sunday because, frankly, run defense has been the biggest challenge for Coyle's unit all season long. The Dolphins are the NFL's 25th-ranked run defense. They've been hovering in that neighborhood all year but the 203 yards rushing allowed against Buffalo last week was a stunner.
"That’s unacceptable, as far as we’re concerned," Coyle said.
The problem is the Dolphins have had to accept the fact they've struggled in their rush defense all year long.
They gave up 154 yards to San Diego.
They gave up 152 yards in the first meeting against New England.
The Dolphins have given up 133 rushing yards or more in nine games this season. Opponents have averaged 4.5 yards or more per rush in six games and at least 4.0 yards per rush in 10 games. Bottom line, when teams stick with the run, the Dolphins often give up lots of yards.
So why is that? Why has a team that was No. 3 in the NFL against the run in 2011 (in Tony Sparano's final season) gotten so much worse so quickly?
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...i-dolphins-run-d-struggles.html#storylink=cpy